Talk:Virgin Mobile USA

Joint venture

Virgin Mobile USA is not a joint venture between Sprint Nextel and Virgin; the only connection they have with VMU is that they have purchased and are reselling services via the Sprint Nextel cellular network. Sprint has no input into VMU at all, as noted in VMU's 10K filing. [1] --Mhking 16:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

"Virgin Mobile USA’s service is powered by the nationwide Sprint PCS network, and the company, which launched in 2002, is a joint venture between Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Sprint Nextel."[2] It states on VMU's own website that the company is a joint-venture between Virgin and Sprint. Virgin Mobile USA, LLC is also clearly identified as being owned by the Virgin Group, Sprint, and minority investors in this SEC filing [3]. This will no doubt change after Virgin's IPO, which should be mentioned in the article, but even then the new Virgin Mobile USA, Inc will still " Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., directly and through Holdings, and Sprint Nextel will be the only partners of the Operating Partnership after the reorganization transactions and this offering." Sprint may not have any input with VMU but they still own part of it, so for now at least I am reverting the article to still reflect a joint-venture. As this develops it will no doubt be changed accordingly. heresthecasey | talk 19:31, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Moved content

This page was created from content moved from Virgin Mobile, per a re-organization of that article discussed at Talk:Virgin Mobile. The writers and history of this content can be found at that page. heresthecasey | talk 23:34, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

What audio codec is used?

Which codec and at what bitrate is Virgin Mobile (or Sprint PCS) sending audio? IMHO it would be worthwhile to add that info to the article. - Theaveng 19:25, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

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$15 minimum is what Virgin says

"...you'll need to Top-Up at least $20 every 90 days... Unless you've selected one of our special Top-Up options like $15 Auto Top-Up" in which case the minimum is only $15 a month. I'm sorry to be anal about this, but I'm getting tired of people INcorrectly changing the 15 to a 20. ---- Theaveng (talk) 18:36, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Kickbacks Code removed from entry

Some aspiring Virgin Mobile customers are inserting their "Kickbacks Code" into this article to trick new subscribers into 60 free minutes. While that's nice for new subscribers, the editors entering these codes into the article are also receiving 60 minutes, and as you can see in this revision: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Virgin_Mobile_USA&diff=prev&oldid=314485340 There is a bit of a war going on between these editors, replacing each-other's codes on a purely selfish basis. I don't think we can systematically prevent these codes from being included by those out for personal gain, but I'd advise anyone monitoring the page to police it for these codes and remove them regularly.Template:Unsaved2

Virgin Mobile USA stock

The article should be updated to reflect Sprint Nextel's acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA. There is no VM stock anymore. Anyone (like me) who had purchased it was given 1.3ish shares of Sprint Nextel (S) per share of Virgin Mobile USA. Nickenzi (talk) 00:54, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Data plans please?

Howzabout some info on pay as you go data plans? 69.248.248.11 (talk) 22:16, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Phone lock out

Someone needs to write in about how Virgin Mobile changes their phones so that no 3rd party apps (other than Opera and Google Maps) can be installed.
I tried but it got baleeted :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.219.5.215 (talk) 02:56, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

"Baleeted"? —Quicksilver^{T @} 15:49, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

This is also no longer true. Apparently it was true in the past that Virgin Mobile locked out their Android phones, but newer models such as the Samsung Intercept work like any other Android phone- non-Market installations are prohibited by default but the user can change this. 24.58.144.115 (talk) 19:52, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

3G data "outages"

Hi, the assertion in the "Beyond talk" section that the data network suffers from frequent outages is sourced to a single three month old web forum thread that just has a list of people saying when and where they could not get service. How on earth does that translate into the assertion this is used as a source for? 24.58.144.115 (talk) 19:36, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Agreed here--a statement should not be sourced to people complaining on an internet forum. Is there anything published that VM has more frequent data outages than other carriers? If so a statement should be sourced to that or it should be removed. Shavedice (talk) 17:05, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Please Update the PayLo plan details

The 400 minute PayLo plan is a fixed monthly price of $20 for up to 400 minute and $0.10/minute for minutes above 400 within that month. Thanks.